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Poets Rally for Iranian Colleagues
We the undersigned poets join with PEN American Center to appeal for the immediate nullification of the sentences given to poets Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri., October 30
UK police cite terrorism to seize BBC laptop, writer released in Tibet, and librarian facing 5 years in Russia. More
Remembering Vera B. Williams: A Tribute
Friends, writers, and illustrators pay tribute to the longtime former chair of PEN's CYAB Committee and much beloved children's book writer and illustrator. More
Capturing the Hurt: On Translating Kazuki Kaneshiro
Kazuki Kaneshiro has resisted the category of “Zainichi writer” in Japan, and insists that his ethnic Korean heritage is but a small, and not defining, part of his identity. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., October 29
Blogger Raif Badawi gets Sakharov Prize, BBC journalist's laptop seized, and 155 Ghanaian journalists call for sanctions against presidential aide. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wed., October 28
Maldivian news site hacked, Police raid Turkish media group, and Romanian press freedom remains elusive. More
from Explosion Rocks Springfield
I remember the breeze right before… / Burs of—was it willow—slant-falling. / The gray sidewalk, schist granules, scattering. / A brown dumpster lid smushing its green plastic, sandwich meat.… More
Over 60 writers join PEN in challenging censorship of Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
In response to Indonesian censorship of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival opening today in Bali, over 60 writers including Michael Chabon, Teju Cole, Porochista Khakpour, and Colm Tóibín… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., October 27
Egypt arrests three journalists in five days, Free Alaa Abdel Fattah campaign stirs social media, and the Ubud Writers Festival is censored. More